$1,995Sale Price|30% Off
Urban Realism, Shaft of Light, Christopher Windle, 2012
By Master Contemporary Original Artist Rugs
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Contemporary urban realism by local Philadelphia artist, Christopher Windle. Light and shadow, along with graphic perspective conveys a moody solitude. Oil on canvas. Measures: 16" x...
Paint
Bottle Palms, Oasis, Oil on Canvas, Richard 'Dick' Obenchain, 1979
By Master Contemporary Original Artist Rugs
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Massive and phenomenal oil on canvas by Richard Obenchain, 1979. The Richard Forrest Obenchain, also known as Dick Obenchain (1944–) was a native of Brooklyn, New York before moving ...
Paint
$6,200
H 30.25 in W 42.25 in D 2 in
Manhattan Cityscape New York oil on canvas by Derek Reist (1944-2021)
Located in Lynn, MA
Oil on canvas painting depicting East 78th St in the upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. James B. Duke House is noted on the left. Fantastic depiction of the sun's touch a...
Canvas
$49,600
H 56 in W 32 in
Midway I, Large Original Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Framed, 2006
By Mark Innerst
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by the artist. Canvas size 56 x 32 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,356Sale Price|20% Off
H 24.5 in W 36 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Street Scene Vintage Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist cityscape painting. Oil on canvas, wrapped to board. No signature found.
Canvas, Oil
"Avenida Del Sol", Acrylic Painting
By Justin Wheatley
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley's (US based) "Avenida Del Sol" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts the front porch of a grey house with a red door. About the Artist: Justin Whea...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,157
H 26.78 in W 50.4 in D 2.37 in
Collage and acrylic on panel “Urban landscape”, Miguel Carlos, Contemporary Art
Located in Valladolid, ES
Impressive collage by Miguel Carlos Montesinos Aragonés, born in 1978 in La Vall d’Uixó, Castellón, a contemporary Spanish artist renowned for his urban landscapes. A graduate in Fi...
Wood, Acrylic
$975
H 25 in W 21 in D 2 in
"Sunshine and Shadows" Antique American Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting by Elaine Crawley. Oil on canvas board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 21 by 25 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone.
Canvas, Oil
$2,051
H 13 in W 11 in D 1 in
Sunlit sill Acrylic painting Modern interior Framed signed
By Michael John Hunt
Located in Sandwich, GB
Sunlight pours through a leaded light window set within a stone casement. The deep stone sill is bathed in bright sunlight and beyond the glass, clustered building seen be in the br...
Acrylic
$4,000
H 22 in W 44 in
Double Overtime Shift, Urban Industrial Landscape, Contemporary Realist Painting
By Art Chartow
Located in Chicago, IL
The factories of Art Chartow's "Double Overtime Shift" represent strength, industrial might, and the ability to vanquish nature. This place is strange, sinister and forbidding yet a...
Canvas, Oil
Smokestack, Christopher Windle, 2018
By Christopher Windle
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Exceptional, contemporary urban realism by local Philadelphia artist, Christopher Windle. Smokestack, 2018. Oil on canvas. Measures: 36" x 48". Unframed.
Paint
$975
H 24 in W 30 in D 2 in
American Modernist Architectural Cityscape Surreal Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Measuring: 24 by 30 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Canvas, Oil
Light on Gay Street, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Nick Savides captures a quiet October afternoon on Gay Street in Manhattan's West Village, where Federal-style rowhouses line the short, crooked block. W...
Oil
Last Light
By Carole Garland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The sun has set into the Pacific Ocean and the afterglow imbues the Santa Monica neighborhood with a rosy tint. Every surface is transformed by the half-light into a noir painting of...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 21 in W 21 in D 3 in
Backyard Sunset (Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting by Carl Grauer, Framed)
By Carl Grauer
Located in Hudson, NY
"Backyard Sunset" By Carl Grauer Oil on Canvas 20x20 inches, 21 x 21 x 3 inches framed in painted white wood floater frame Signed en verso Artist Carl Grauer expertly and astutely c...
Oil, Wood Panel
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 22 in W 24 in D 2 in
Vintage American Modernist Signed Original Oil Painting Urban Street Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas, circa 19990. Signed. Image size, 20L x 18H. Housed in a period frame.
Canvas, Oil
Sunlight, Lispenard St, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Ellen Bradshaw
Located in Yardley, PA
Walking to Pearl Paint on Lispenard St in Lower Manhattan one bright sunny morning, I was struck by the dramatic contrast of sun and shadow! The play of sunlight on fire escapes, and...
Oil
$2,200
H 24 in W 39 in
"In the Neighborhood" Urban Oil Painting of a City Street in Shadows
Located in Denver, CO
Ken Valastro's "In The Neighborhood" is an original, handmade oil painting.
Oil, Board
1930s Art Deco Raymond Patten Signed Industrial Kitchen Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous original American Art Deco industrial Smartline kitchen work table, designed by Raymond Patten (American, 1897-1948), retailed by International Nickel Company. Patented de...
Chrome, Enamel, Stainless Steel
$4,000
H 25 in W 1 in D 52 in
Three Square Composition, 1978 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
By Larry Zox
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Larry Zox (1937-2006) Three Square Composition, 1978 Print, Silkscreen, on Arches archival paper - 1978 52 " x 25 " inches Signed in pencil and marked VIII/LV Unframed. Larry Zox i...
Screen
Paolo Soleri Bronze Bell, Copper Fin, Mid-Century Modern, USA, 1970
By Paolo Soleri
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Paolo Soleri Bronze Bell with a copper fin. Nice Original condition with a unique classic Soleri Chain/ Link Design. Check out my other 2 Soleri Bell listings!
Bronze, Copper
Fold, Contemporary Abstract Collage Painting
By Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Collage has always been a part of the artist's work. The idea of reusing, recontextualizing, and even resurrecting parts of the painting. From an economic standpoint the materials ar...
Canvas, Acrylic, Vinyl
$950
H 22 in W 30 in
Red Composition, Abstract Geometric Etching by Jacqueline De Butler
By Jacqueline De Butler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacqueline De Butler, French (1928 - ) - Red Composition, Year: circa 1968, Medium: Etching with Aquatint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 120, Image Size: 18 x...
Etching, Aquatint
$1,250
H 29.25 in W 43.25 in D 25.5 in
A.R. Cordemeyer for Gispen 3803 Gray Enamel Desk with Linoleum Top
By A.R. Cordemeijer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by A.R. Cordemeyer for Gispen, the 3803 desk dates to the 1960s and exemplifies the Dutch manufacturer's commitment to rigorous industrial modernism. The gray enameled tubul...
Metal
Industrial Landscape Painting, Signed Duff, 1942, Oil on Canvas, USA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very Nice, Old, Painting of Industrial Landscape Scene signed Duff, 1942 couple small repairs as seen on canvas back small "puncture" along the left side of the painting small "crea...
Paint
$2,225
H 19.69 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
Water Reflection I, Reeds in Water - Contemporary Atmospheric Modern Landscape
By Grzegorz Wójcik
Located in Hallein, AT
A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Mixed Media Painting on Board
Located in Denton, TX
Layers of paper and paint make this artwork stand out on it's own. Unsigned.
Wood, Paint, Paper
Panorama
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Panorama" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Jean Steward Toti Maio, 1924-1987. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. T...
Oil
$684
H 9.06 in W 9.06 in D 0.08 in
Abstract Composition - Screen Print by Agostino Bonalumi - 1973
By Agostino Bonalumi
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an artwork realized by Agostino Bonalumi, 1973. Silkscreen on paper. Edition of 600. cm 23x23. Good conditions
Screen
Modern Tufted Leather Upholstered Bench
Located in Westwood, NJ
This bench is covered in luxurious brown leather with a tufted design on its tops and sides. It sits on oak legs in a natural finish and has two silver ring handles on each end. The...
Leather, Wood
"Box Canyon" by Lois M. Johnson, pencil signed, 1983 Serigraph
By M. Johnson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Box Canyon" 1983 original art work by Lois M. Johnson pencil signed and titled screenprint on paper with grommets unframed Lois M. Johnson (American, 1942–2018) Born in Grand Fo...
Paper
$8,388
H 44.1 in W 23.63 in D 9.06 in
Modernist Floor Lamp, by Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Elegant, rare early edition floor lamp by Josef Frank, made from brass with a light switch on the base. Shade with original fabric with a graphic pattern around the edge. Only the e...
Brass
1960s Spanish Brutalist Coffee Table with Iron Base and Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
1960's Spanish Brutalist design iron base coffee table. Base has raised squares with iron strips creating a thick chain appearance. New black with cream marble top with polished finish.
Marble, Iron
$425
H 40 in W 55.75 in D 1 in
Large Mixed Media Abstract Skyline Collage Painting of New York, circa 1960
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mixed Media Abstract Skyline Collage Painting of New York Singed A. Gange, Artist Unknown, circa 1960 " in good vintage as found condition " " canvas has a thin wood frame " "This ...
Paint
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
An empty wall in your home is a blank canvas, and that’s good news. Whether you’ve chosen to arrange a collage of paintings in a hallway or carefully position a handful of wall-mounted sculptures in your dining room, there are a lot of options for beautifying your space with the antique and vintage wall decor and decorations available on 1stDibs.
If you’re seeking inspiration for your wall decor, we’ve got some ideas (and we can show you how to arrange wall art, too).
“I recommend leaving enough space above the piece of furniture to allow for usable workspace and to protect the art from other items damaging it,” says Susana Simonpietri, of Brooklyn home design studio Chango & Co.
Hanging a single attention-grabbing large-scale print or poster over your bar or bar cart can prove intoxicating, but the maximalist approach of a salon-style hang, a practice rooted in 17th-century France, can help showcase works of various shapes, styles and sizes on a single wall or part of a wall.
If you’re planning on creating an accent wall — or just aiming to bring a variety of colors and textures into a bedroom — there is more than one way to decorate with wallpaper. Otherwise, don’t overlook what textiles can introduce to a space. A vintage tapestry can work wonders and will be easy to move when you’ve found that dream apartment in another borough.
Express your taste and personality with the right ornamental touch for the walls of your home or office — find a range of contemporary art, vintage photography, paintings and other wall decor and decorations on 1stDibs now.